| 'What kind of gods did the people worship back then? - The People of the Kofun and Asuka Periods and Their Gods." April 15 to June 1,1997 Special Admission; \600/\400 Hours; 10 am. to 4:30 p.m. |
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| 'What kind of gods did the people worship back then? - The People of the Kofun and Asuka Periods and Their Gods." April 15 to June 1,1997 Special Admission; \600/\400 Hours; 10 am. to 4:30 p.m. |
Welcome to the Spring 1997 special exhibition entitled:
"What kind of gods did the people worship back then? -The People of the Kofun and Asuka Periods and Their Gods."
Found in each village, from the largest mountain ranges to the smallest islands of the Japanese archipelago, are various religious Ceremonial objects dating from the Kofun and Asuka Periods of Japanese history.
People back then were prolific in the making of items such as mirrors, weapons and even the likenesses of beasts and people. They used the materials at hand - stone, clay and wood - to make these distinctive objects in miniature. However, small pieces of flawed earthenware can also be found.
On the island of Okinoshima in Fukuoka Prefecture, archeologists have excavated elaborate metal-crafted ornamental birds and human figurines.
And the outstretched limbs of the figures of tumuli wall paintings and clay images of shrine maidens seem to be depicting various forms of religious ceremony.
Perhaps the people back then, all throughout the Japanese archipelago, prayed, sacrificed and feasted in an effort to commune with their gods.
Looking at these religious objects makes one wonder: "What kind of gods did the people worship back then?"
Enjoy the exhibition.
